Our dog is neurotic. The cat is psychotic. The cat prefers to live in the garage, so no problem. The dog is afraid of plastic bags. So we hung some from the tree for a couple of days. He now stays away.
I had many cats and only one of them caused any trouble with the trees she would climb inside so I had to wire it to the wall every year and at least she stopped knocking it down but she could make it shake.
We don’t have any breakable ornaments. The lower branches get extra-durable items like bells and plastic candy canes. The middle branches have ornaments that are twist-tied in place. Neither the dogs nor the cats seem to bother the upper portion of the tree.
thomas_matkey almost 5 years ago
I thought those ornaments were billiard balls at first.
john.niegowski almost 5 years ago
As though cats can’t climb trees …
allen@home almost 5 years ago
Yea nice try lady it’s not going to work.
mddshubby2005 almost 5 years ago
“But Mittens, that’s YOUR half to decorate!”
Gent almost 5 years ago
Aim higher, cat.
jpayne4040 almost 5 years ago
She’s only made the cat mad now!
J Short almost 5 years ago
Gonna have to be an inside job.
dlkrueger33 almost 5 years ago
We used to do this when we had cats and our children were small.
The Brooklyn Accent Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Everyone loves a challenge.
Andrew Sleeth almost 5 years ago
Those times when I’ve had trees, I did it as much for my cats as I for myself. And interestingly, there were never any problems.
DanFlak almost 5 years ago
Our dog is neurotic. The cat is psychotic. The cat prefers to live in the garage, so no problem. The dog is afraid of plastic bags. So we hung some from the tree for a couple of days. He now stays away.
J Quest almost 5 years ago
O tannen-bummer!
donwalter almost 5 years ago
OK…JUMP UP onto it. It’ll hit her on the wy down…
hansa15 almost 5 years ago
Draw the same thing with kids. ;)
SmashedHat almost 5 years ago
It’s Christmas—put a few non-fragile decoy ones down low for kitty.
AlanDF almost 5 years ago
In my experience, this is a recipe for Christmas tree devastation.
Zebrastripes almost 5 years ago
The reason I don’t put my tree up anymore.
John9 almost 5 years ago
I had many cats and only one of them caused any trouble with the trees she would climb inside so I had to wire it to the wall every year and at least she stopped knocking it down but she could make it shake.
dsidney49 almost 5 years ago
It’s either that… or the tree gets hung from the ceiling!!
Madzdad the bard almost 5 years ago
Don’t laugh, I used to use fishing line to anchor the top of the tree to the ceiling.
yipp_eeee almost 5 years ago
As if that would stop him!
sobrown51 almost 5 years ago
It doesn’t matter. The cat will climb the tree and knock them off. Only makes it “slightly” less convenient.
zeexenon almost 5 years ago
Hmm, I bet if I claimed to the top of her backrest I could jump to that pointy thingy on the top.
HappyDog/ᵀʳʸ ᴮᵒᶻᵒ ⁴ ᵗʰᵉ ᶠᵘⁿ ᵒᶠ ᶦᵗ Premium Member almost 5 years ago
There is another solution, but I suppose she wants the cat.
MichaelMcGinnis1 almost 5 years ago
My darn cats climb up inside the tree and knock the balls off
jbarnes almost 5 years ago
We don’t have any breakable ornaments. The lower branches get extra-durable items like bells and plastic candy canes. The middle branches have ornaments that are twist-tied in place. Neither the dogs nor the cats seem to bother the upper portion of the tree.
tabby almost 5 years ago
The glass and fragile ornaments get hung over doorways or some other place out of reach. The tree gets cat-proof ornaments.
TurbosDad almost 5 years ago
Oh, like that will stop a cat. “Game on,” they think…
Altar_Ego almost 5 years ago
Works for the dogs, but not the cats. We stopped doing a tree after our GSD ate an ornament
Lightpainter almost 5 years ago
I’ve never had a cat that climbed the Christmas tree, and they have always ignored the Christmas ornaments. Maybe I have been lucky.